The Defense Department’s revised Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program represents a significant recalibration of federal contractor requirements, but questions remain about implementation impact across the supply chain. Secureframe’s Shrav Mehta examines how CMMC 2.0’s streamlined approach addresses some compliance burdens while highlighting persistent concerns about whether smaller suppliers can meet the technical and documentation demands without being priced out of defense work entirely.
As security threats rise and federal agencies increasingly rely on contractors, the integrity of the entire defense industrial base (DIB) has become a national priority.
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) most recent update to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, CMMC 2.0, is its most ambitious attempt yet to safeguard sensitive defense information across the federal supply chain. While this matters for companies of all sizes, it poses unique challenges for small organizations.
The program requires any company handling federal contract information (FCI), security protection data (SPD) or controlled unclassified information (CUI) to comply, regardless of company size.
Small businesses represent 73% of the DIB and receive roughly 25% of all DoD prime contracts. Their ability…
